When I initially planned what my theme for this issue would be, I reflected on the reasons I wanted to become a doctor in the first place. At the forefront of my mind were my experiences growing up in ...

I welcome the government’s commitment to expanding urgent care provision in community settings.1 This approach has the potential to ease pressure on emergency departments and enable ambulance services ...

The announcement of the UK rollout of the meningitis vaccine 4CMenB against gonorrhoea to those at high risk, focused on men who have sex with men (MSM), makes the use of vaccines against gonorrhoea ...

Some foundation year two (FY2) doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ can reveal. Others have shared how they had ...

A senior official at the US Food and Drug Administration has suddenly resigned after only three months in the job. Vinay Prasad’s departure followed controversy over a treatment for Duchenne muscular ...

Doctors and aid workers are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries, as the malnutrition crisis in Gaza reaches catastrophic levels. Harrowing images ...

The US Senate confirmed Susan Monarez as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 29 July, with all Republicans voting in favour and all Democrats voting against her ...

Four universities have suspended or closed their physician associate (PA) programmes in the wake of the Gillian Leng’s review of medical associates and dwindling “opportunities” for students, The BMJ ...

This year is unleashing a series of devastating blows to women’s health worldwide. Cuts to foreign aid.1 Denial of abortion access and reproductive autonomy (doi:10.1136/bmj.r459).2 Targeted attacks ...

A month since the NHS 10 year plan was published,1 many GPs are confused about what comes next. Oddly, for a plan all about neighbourhoods, it contains remarkably little about how and where general ...

Modernisation without equity risks deepening health inequalities The NHS 10 year plan promises radical and aspirational transformations in healthcare delivery, but it risks recreating and perpetuating ...

Mathew’s concern that relying on portfolio, part time, and salaried general practitioners (GPs) prevents us from providing relational generalist care to patients in 2025 are unsupported.1 Having GPs ...